2 Kings 16:4

After the manner of the heathens: See Poole on "Deuteronomy 12:2"; See Poole on "Jeremiah 2:20"; See Poole on "Hosea 4:13".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He sacrificed ... - Other kings of Judah bad allowed their people to do so. Ahaz was the first, so far as we know, to countenance the practice by...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16. Reign of Ahaz. This chapter is assigned to different sources, and deals mainly with the king's alteration of the Temple, though it allu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ahaz and Assyria This chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the high places. — These are evidently distinguished from “the hills,” two different prepositions being used in the Hebrew as in the English. A...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ 2 Kings 16:1-18 "For when we in our wickedness grow hard, Oh the misery on't! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REIGN OF AHAZ B.C. 735-715 2 Kings 16:1-20 "Rimmon, whose delightful seat Was fair Damascus, on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Help from Wrong Sources 2 Kings 16:1-9 Ahaz was one of the most wicked kings of Judah. He not only passed his children through the line...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps the sin of Judah had its most awful expression during the reign of Ahaz. The king first sought help from the Assyrians under Tiglathpileser i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful account both the histories of Judah and Israel furnish! the succession of the kings, for the most part, is but a succession of evil. Id...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills ,.... Which none of the kings of Judah before him ever did; for though they...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Ver. 4. And he sacrificed, &c. ] He "did...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He sacrificed, &c., in the high places If his father had but had zeal enough to take them away, it might have prevented the corrupting of his s...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WICKEDNESS OF AHAZ (vv.1-4). Ahaz stands in startling contrast to his father. His mother's name is not mentioned, perhaps because she was no...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Ahaz. B. C. 726. 1 In the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Ahaz King Of Judah c. 732/1-716/15 BC. Co-regent from 744/43 BC. Ahaz came to the throne of Judah as sole ruler at a crucial time in...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Invasion Of Judah By Rezin King Of Aram And Pekah King Of Israel. Judah Is Despoiled ( 2 Kings 16:4-6 ). The gathering threat from Israel and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF AHAZ IN JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 16:2 . Twenty years old was Ahab when, &c.—The Sept. MS. of the Vati...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:3 . Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. It appears from the poets that the heathens did commonly dedicate a child to a god by lust...
The Biblical Illustrator

In the seventeenth year of Pekah. A people’s king and priest, or kinghood and priesthood I. The kinghood. 1. The de-humanising force of fals...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 16:1-12 REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH -...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahaz Calls upon Assyria for Help
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he sacrificed and burned incense, with all the rites observed in true worship, in the high places and on the hills, where there was no house of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:23 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ; Ezekiel 20:28 ; Ezekiel 20:29 ; Isaiah 57:5-7 ; Isaiah 65:4 ; Isaiah 66:17 ; Jeremiah 17:2

⁴ And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 16:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16:4